Attachment for overshoes



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1-1. B. GRAMPTON. ATTACHMENT FOR OVERSHOES.

No 415,027. PatentedNov.12,1889.

q vitwaodc a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY B. CRAMPTON, OF SYRACUSE, NEI YORK.

ATTAC HMENT FOR OVERSHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,027, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed J'u11e5, 1889. SerialNo. 313.169. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, HENRY B. CBAMPTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, inthe county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and object to provide a simple and inexpensive device which may be readily secured to any of the various forms of overshoes, and which will serve to hold the shoe securely in position and. prevent it from being accidentally pulled off, and will also serve to effectually prevent the sliding or up-and-down movement of the inner shoe or boot, and will serve to protect the overshoe from injury arising from contact with the heel of the inner shoe.

To the above ends, and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists in the peculiar combinations and in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, like letters of reference indicating like parts throughout the several Views, and in which drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of my attachment as it appears when removed from the overshoe. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the device when in actual use. Fig. 3 is a section through the-attachment and the heel of the overshoe, upon line m :20 of Fig. 2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the attachment, which is made of sheet metal, and

may be constructed in a single piece, as I have shown in the, drawings, or it may be made in two separate pieces and soldered or otherwise secured together.

B is the base-plate, of suitable size and form to permit of its being fitted within the heel of the rubber or overshoe. This base-piece is provided with an elongated opening 0, through which is passed a rivet or bolt D,by means of whichit is secured in place. The elongated opening will permit the plate to be adjusted properly, as will be readilyunderstood.

As a great variety of styles and sizes of heels are used upon boots and shoes, it has been found that overshoes, which can be readily fitted over a shoe having awide heel,

will not securely fit over a shoe of thesame size, but provided with a smaller heel, or heel having a forward inclination.

The central slot 0 in the base-plate is an essential feature of the invention, as by its use the plate may be readily adjusted either forward or backward, so as to adapt the plate to be readily fitted over boots or shoes having heels of various sizes or shapes.

The upright portion E of the device is secured at its lower edge to the rear edge of the plate B, and is provided with the forwardly-extending arms F, the free ends of which arms are bent or inclined inwardly, as shown, and, being of spring material, they will serve to grasp and securely hold the heel of the inner shoe or boot in position.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing description that the device may be quickly attached to any form of rubber or overshoe, and that it may be as readily removed or changed to another shoe when such change may be considered desirable.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

v 1. The combination, with an overshoe, of

the base-plate B, placed within the heel of the 9 same and adjustably secured in place by a rivet passed through an elongated opening in the plate, and the upright portion E, secured at its lower edge to the rear edge of the plate B, and having forwardly-extended springarms F, adapted to embrace the heel of the boot or shoe, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. As an improved article of manufacture,

5 the herein-described attachment for overshoes, the same comprising in combination the base-plate B, adapted to be adjustably secured Within the heel of the overshoe, and

having an upright portion E secured at its IO lower edge to the rear edge of the plate B and provided with forwardlyextended springarms F, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY B. CRAMP'JON. Witnesses:

UDELMER G. ADAMS, WILLIAM II. HALLIDAY. 

